Curtain-bracket.



U. L. BERGER. l

CURTAIN BRACKET. APPLICATION FILED s1:PT.s,1a1o.

988,852. Patented 1111114, 1911.

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member to the stationary member.

ULYSSES L. BERGER, OF WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

CURTAIN-BRACKET.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 41, 1911.

Application led September 3, 1910. Serial No. 580,310.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Unrssns L. Benenn, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Washington, in the District of Columbia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Curtain-Brackets, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

This invention relates to curtain holders and the principal object of the same is to provide a holder by means of which a curtain can be adjusted vertically for lighting and Ventilating purposes, said holder com prising a stationary member that is fastened to a window frame and a curtain carrier that slidably engages said stationary member, means being provided whereby the carrier and member can be locked against relative movement to retain the curtain in the desired position.

In carrying out the objects of the invention generally stated above, it will be understood, of course, that the essential features thereof are necessarily susceptible of changes in details and structural arrangements, preferred and practical embodiments of which are shown in the accompanying drawings, wherein,

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a window, the curtain therefor being carried by a pair of the improved adjustable holders. Fig. 2 is a view in front elevation of one of the holders. Fig. 3 is a side view thereof. Fig. 4 is a fragmentary 'perspective view showing the manner of locking the slide Fig. 5 is a similar View showing the slidable connection between said members. Fig. 6 is a transverse sectional view taken on the line 6 6, Fig. 2. Fig. 7 is a similar view taken on the line 7--7, Fig. 4. Fig. 8 is a perspective view of a modified type of stationary member. Fig. 9 is a fragmentary perspective view showing an angular' curtain bracket carried by the slide member.

Referring to the accompanying drawings by numerals and particularly to Figs. 1 to 7 thereof, it will be seen that the improved holder comprises a stationary member that is formed of a singlelength of resilient material, doubled to provide the parallel body members 1, which are spaced to provide a guide slot 2 between the same. The ends of said material are shaped to provide the laterally projecting flat loops 3 which are fasj tened to the vertical side of .a window frame l. The other end is similarly shaped but obviously 'provides a single flat loop 5, which is also fastened to the side of the window frame. Adjacent the base loop 5, the body members l are crimped toward 4each other to provide contracted resilient keeper lugs (l, between which the slide member is snapped to lock said slide member against longitudinal movement, as will be explained.

The slide member 7 is formed of a single length of resilient material having its lower end rolled to provide a finger grip 8. The upper portion thereof is passed through one end flange 9 of a curtain bracket 10 and transversely crimped to provide flat guide loop 11, and the end thereof is then passed through the upper flange 12 of said bracket and riveted or otherwise rigidly fastened thereto.

In use, the stationary member is fastened to the window frame, and the slide member has its guide loop passed through the slot 2 so that they will slide on the inner surfaces of the members 1 while the bracket 10 is in slidable engagement with the outer surfaces of said members. This prevents lateral movement of the slide member relative to the stationary members, but does not prevent longitudinal movement. It will therefore be seen that the slide member can be adjusted longitudinally of said stationary member, and when the desired adjustment has been obtained, the straight portion of the member 7 is snapped past the keeper lugs 6, and thereby clamped against longitudinal movement. The stationary member being resilient, it will be readily apparent that the member 7 can be released from said lugs by an out-ward pull thereon.

In Fig. 8 a modification of the stationary member is suggested, in which said member is stamped or punched from a single length of resilient sheet metal and shaped to provide the central longitudinally arranged guide slot 13. Said slot has the keeper lugs 14 at the base thereof. The said member, which is designated generally by the numeral 15, has its ends bent outward and flattened to provide the fastening flanges 16, which are similarly arranged and for the same purpose as the end loops of the stationary member of the preferred form of the invention.

It will be seen from the foregoino` that in both forms of t-he invention, Simp e means are providedy for' guiding the slide member and also for locking the same in the desired position.

In Fig: 9, an angular bracket 17 has been shown, the ends of the body 18 thereof being fastened to the slide member 7 in the same manner as that' described in the foregoing.

What I Claim as my invention is A curtain holder comprising a stations ary memben providedi With a; central; longitudinal guide slet, said guide slot provided at the lower portion of its longitudinall edges with oppositely disposed keeper lugs which projecty toward; the center of said' slot,. and a movable member slidablein said slot and adapted to be snapped past said lugs to lock said. member against movement. I

2. A. curtain. holder comprising,` ar station` ary' member 'formedi ofr a, single length of resilient. material7A doubled. to provide paraillel body members andl a central slot, the body members at the baseA of said slotl being` Copiesof, this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressing; the Commissioner, o Patents,`

crimped to provide opposit'ely disposed keeper lugs, the ends of said stationary member providedv With laterally projecting fastening loops, and a carrier slidably engaging opposite surface of said body mem- Ebers and adapted to be clamped against 'movement by said lugs.

v 3'. A@ curtain holder comprising a stationary member provided With a guide slot, a carrier formedf of. ai single lengths of material having; its major portion shaped to provide oppositely projecting loops; that eX- tend transversely of one;` surface of" said member the end of, said: carrier projecting through said SlotTand aa curtain support carried by the ends of saiifdlecarrier; l

In` testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature in presence of tWo Witnesses.

E. C. SCOTT, C. E. FETZER.

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